Oct 23, 2009 by brian

Sportsvite’s Newest Teammate: The Nets

The Nets have always realized the value of connecting with local amateur adult basketball players in their community. Last season, the Nets organized a 3-on-3 basketball promotion that was played at the IZOD center. Coming up on November 8th, head coach Lawrence Frank will host a coaches clinic and instructional lecture at the Nets practice facility. Also, the Nets players actually purchased 600 season tickets to share with underprivileged youth groups and community organizations.

So as the 2009-10 season is about to begin, Sportsvite and the Nets are again figuring out how to work with the Nets to reach out to basketball players/fans in the tri-state area.

Let’s cut to the chase, this means we have FREE Nets tickets and special discount offers for Sportsvite members! The Nets have been generous enough to give us a pair of tickets for the first three home games of the season that we can pass along to you.

Enter the Contest!

Entering our contest for free tickets is pretty simple. All you need to do is create a new Sportsvite bulletin and post it on the Sportsvite Facebook Fan page. We’ll pick one random entry for each game from all of the submissions. Hurry, submissions will only be accepted until the deadline listed below for each game. Not on the Facebook bandwagon? You can still enter to win by sending your bulletin via email to Sportsvite team member Nick B at nick@sportsvite.com.

Nets vs. Magic — Friday, October 30 at 8:00
Deadline: 2pm ET on Wednesday, October 28
Vince Carter makes his return on Opening Night

Nets vs. Nuggets — Wednesday, November 4 at 7:30
Deadline: 12 midnight ET on Sunday, November 1
Chauncey, Melo and K-Mart visit the IZOD Center

Nets vs. Celtics — Saturday, November 7 at 7:30
Deadline: 5pm ET on Wednesday, November 4
Check out Boston’s Big 3

Discounted Tickets

You can still order select seats for the home opener against the defending Eastern Conference Champion Orlando Magic for 50% off the regular price. Plus, you’ll also receive 50% off hot dogs, candy and non-alcoholic beverages! Click here to learn more about the offer and to order your tickets.

Special Ticket Prices 50% OFF
$87.50 each (Regular price is $175, lower level)
$50 each (Regular price is $100, lower level)
$20 each (Regular price is $40, upper level)

How do I post a bulletin on Sportsvite?

Follow these six easy steps…

1. Log in to Sportsvite.
2. Visit the Bulletin Boards section on Sportsvite.com.
3. Click on the blue CREATE A POST button in the top right corner.
4. Select the Bulletin Board category from the list of six that best fits your request and click on it.
5. Fill in the fields for your post: Title, Date Needed (optional), Sport and Message.
6. Click the blue Create My Post button.

Sep 24, 2009 by brian

Tell Your Teammates Promotion Winner Picks Up A Dragon Boat Tarp

We just recently added Dragon Boat Racing (we even blogged about it) to the Sportsvite Community and it already seems to have found a home. Much of the credit goes to Kristen in Miami who recruited 57 new members to Sportsvite to win the Tell Your Teammates Promotion and the $200 booty in the form of a SportsAuthority.com gift card.

In Kristin’s words….

“Our dragon boat racing team will certainly put it to good use! As far as I know, our team is planning to use it to buy a team tent/canopy. We use them at races to protect us from the harsh sun here in Florida. As our team expands, we need more shade from more canopies. Currently, a 10×10 canopy isn’t big enough, so another one is on the list of things to get. I will send you a picture of it being put to good use after we get it.”

Here is her team in action:

Kristen also mentioned that they are looking into a stopwatch with a stroke rater meter on it.

Sportsvite had almost 100 winners for the promotion. Some of them wrote in with how they spent their gift code and items varied from golf balls to ping pong paddles and running shorts. Even if you didn’t win you can receive 15% off at Sports Authority by clicking on the link below.

We’re hoping to do another promotion in the 4th quarter so stay tuned for some more good stuff. Hit us up if you have any good ideas on what that should be.

Aug 10, 2009 by brian

Hurry Up and Recruit; Tell Your Teammates Promotion Ends 8/15

Sportsvite’s “Tell Your Teammates” promotion ends this week (August 15). There’s just a few precious days left to recruit eight of your unenlightened friends to join Sportsvite thereby allowing you to receive a free $15 gift card to Sportsauthority.com. Right now, Miami Drag Boat Racer Kristen (53) has a solid lead over soccer player Diego (41) and Michelle (32).

A few SV members have really hit the pavement and are vying for the $200 grand prize that goes to the best overall recruiter. Check out the leaderboard to see who’s in the running.

Yeah, we know we shouldn’t have to bribe members to get their athletic friends to join the Sportsvite community. That’s why we don’t look at it that way. We’re just trying to enable our viral loop. That’s digital nerd speak for saying that We’re trying to shout out that the more people you know on Sportvite the stronger and more useful it makes the community for everyone.

For all you litigious athletes out there, feel free to check out the contest’s official rules.